MUNICH: Hardliners of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc are poised Monday to give the German leader an ultimatum to tighten asylum rules or risk pitching the country into a political crisis, as tensions over migration reignite across the EU, reports AFP. Three years after her decision…

DUBAI: The UAE, a key player in the coalition battling Huthi rebels in Yemen, on Monday warned the insurgents to withdraw unconditionally from the flashpoint port city of Hodeida, after UN peace efforts fizzled, reports AFP. “There can be no conditions in any offers to withdraw,” the United…

BEIRUT: An air strike has killed nearly 40 pro-regime foreign fighters in eastern Syria, with a US-led coalition denying accusations from Damascus that it was behind the attack, reports AFP. The strike just before midnight hit Al-Hari, a town controlled by regional militias fighting in the complex seven-year…

PSARADES: Greece and Macedonia on Sunday signed a historic preliminary agreement to rename the small Balkan nation the Republic of North Macedonia, ending a row that has poisoned relations between the two neighbours since 1991, reports AFP. “This is a brave, historic and necessary step for our…

KANO: Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed at least 31 people in a twin suicide bomb attack on a town in northeast Nigeria, a local official and militia leader told AFP on Sunday, reports AFP. Two blasts ripped through the town of Damboa in Borno state on Saturday evening targeting people returning…

MAWLAMYINE: Flooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people as monsoon rains batter the country, reports AFP. Several parts of Myanmar’s southern Mon state are facing flash floods due to heavy rains since the weekend…

TOKYO: A powerful earthquake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka yesterday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring more than 200, according to an official tally, reports AFP. Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which…

NEW DELHI: India said Sunday it was resuming military operations against rebels in disputed Kashmir after a rare 30-day suspension for Ramadan expired, with a top minister blaming militant attacks, reports AFP. Army operations were halted on May 16 at the start of the Muslim fasting month, despite a…

MAKASSAR: An Indonesian was killed when his mother’s coffin fell from a funeral tower and crushed him during a service on the island of Sulawesi, police said Sunday, reports AFP. Samen Kondorura, 40, died Friday when pallbearers lost their footing while carrying the coffin up a bamboo ladder in…

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